Cup of Coffee: December 7, 2021

Fighting about service time, the multi-headed dystopia of modern America, the end of democracy, and Buicks.

Good morning!

Today I take one issue from the CBA negotiations — service time — and talk about it at a bit of length. There’s also an update about the A’s managerial search and a thing about Dice-K and Ichiro that’s kind of cute. And that’s it, really, because when there’s a lockout there’s not a ton of baseball news.

But hey, that’s OK, because it gave …